Dispensing apparatus.



C. J. DREWES.

DISPENSING APPARATUS. APPucATloN FILEDJAN. so.

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

gnvankoz iran cHAnLnsJoHN DnEWEs, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

msrruvsING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, CHARLES J. lDranwns, acitizen of the United States, residing. at New York city, in the countyofxNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inDispensing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification. Y

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in apparatusfor dispensing soda-water and `other liquids, n the modern drug storesand other public places where likewa'ters are dispensed.

A. leading object of my invention isto provide a soda-water orlike-apparatus which will facilitate the -prompt dispensing .of theliquid; will maintain the syrups yin a better and more uniformconditionand devoid of danger of the syrup coming in contact with metallic parts,and where there will be no interruption or delay inthe service while anyone or more of the syrupbottles or containers are being refilled. Otherobjects of` In carrying out my invention I construct 'Y a casing orcabinet of any desired style and size and of such design-that-it willpresent a highly attractive article when'installed in the store or placewhere the liquid is to be dispensed. Structurally, the cabinet will bedivided horizontally by a shelf or partition, 10, into two compartments,the

lower of which, 11, constitutes an icebox with the doors, 12. Thepartition orv shelf, 10, forms the bottom of the upper section of thecabinet, and this section is divided longitudinally into twoichambers,one, 13,

being a receiver of' crushed or broken ice, and having 'a door., 14, bywhich access is given to this chamber. In frontV of the verticalpartition, 15, is ay second chamber and in this chamber the'syrup jarsor bottles', 16, are designed to lbe arranged in a row, each of thesebottlesbeing'inverted Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ivianalieio.

Application filed January 30, 1917. Serial No'. 145,416.`

in use, and itsneckeportions being. adapted to fit tightly againstagasket'or rubber ring 17, surrounding theV upper end' of a funne 18,into which the jaror Vbottle discharges its syrup, said funnel having adelivery pipe, 19, controlled by a needle, or other valve, 20,v andleading the syrup into the mixing chamber of the `usualdispensingfaucet, 21, the construction of which may 'be of any well/known type, asfor'instance, lthe similar faucet commonly used in dispensing' napparatus. The delivery end of this faucet is located'a sufficientdistance over the projecting. front of 4the horizontal partition orshelf, 10, to allow a drinkingL glass to be positioned upon theprojecting portion and to directly receive the dispensed liquid, 'thefront edge of the shelf being upturnedor having a lip, 22, which willprevent any displaced liquid from spilling over the front ofthe cabinet.l A

The dispensing faucet, 21, -is also appropriately connected to a tube,23, which delivers the carbonated. or other water or like liquidinto themixing-chamber.' of the faucet to'be associated with syrup supplied froma, bottle or container. In the present instance, I locate inthe bottomofthe icechamber, 13, the receivers, 24 and 25, for the water andcarbonic-acid gas, or similar gas, and which receivers may be of theusual type and so connected that the carbonated water will be deliveredthrough a tube, 26,

into a pipe, 27, which` extends horizontally along the face of thepartition,v 28, said pipe extending substantially' kthroughout 'y thelength of the front of the cabinet 'or' casing and each of thedispensing faucets employed in the construction of the 'apparatus havingits carbonated-water tube connected to the pipe, 27, `so that'it may besuppliedl there from. Y

The pipes for the delivery of the carbonated water and the syrup passthrough a marble or other vertical slab, 30, through which also passesthe needle-valve of each of the syrup pipes, and the back of the faucetis designed to it closely against the front face of the slab, said slabbeing therefore, set back a sufficient distance from :the front edge ofthe shelf or partition, 10, and the corresponding edge of an aperturedshelf or partition, 31,- which supports the syrup bottles in theirinverted position, so as to maintain'theY dispensing faucetssubstantially' within thelimits of the plane of the front of thecabinet, and thus Vprevent their projecting beyond the front of nthecabinet, to any appreciable'extent.

In order that the syrup bottles may be open to observation at all timesandtheir condition noted by the public, and, further, to 4give totheapparatus a more attractive appearance, the chamber in which the severaljars or bottles with their vari-colored fluids are contained isprovidedwith a glass front and whichxfront .comprises the sliding or otherdoors,l32, having appropriate handles by which the doors may be moved togive access Vto the interior of the space and to any of thel bottlescontained therein. rlghis arrangement, whileleaving the bottles in fullview, permits the jar-containing space to be practically sealed againstthe entrance of dust or foreign matter and thus renders the apparatusmore sanitary.

Y Y vThe partition, 15, which divides the` bottle-containing chamber;from the rear ice chamber, 13, is preferably of an open-work character,and therefore, I :may lmakethis portion of the partitionjof heavyscreen- Wire or the like. This will-prevent the'ice f in the rearchamber. Vfrom .falling into the front chamber and against the jars orbottles, but at the same time it will enable the cold air of the rearchamber Yto lbe brought into direct contact with the bottlesand `thusinsure the contents of said .bottles being v kepteat a propertemperature.

Y can contactL v An apparatus constructed and arranged as heretoforedescribed offers thefi'ollowingY advantages: It is of a most sanitarychars acter; it enables the merchant to give better and -quicker serviceand affords him opportunity of an attractive display of the Syrups,'which latter are maintained in a uniform condition, and there is atotalabsence of metallic parts with which the syrups It also enables fany oneor more of the jarsor bottles to be removed without-,in any mannerdelaying or interruptlng the servlce and 1t requires `cleanlis ness onthe partV of the merchant'for the Y reason that the Syrups, theircontainers, and

in fact the'active Vportions of theentireZa-pparatus are visible to thecustomer. These are onlysome of the advantages which flow `fromtheraforesaid construction; others will skilled in this particu.

partments, said rear compartment adapted Y as an ice chamber and havinga door-controlled opening, and said ,fronti` compartment having a bottomspaced from the forward portion Vof the first-named shelf orpartition,and provided with openings; Yfunnels fitted to saidopeningsand each having a valve-controlled Vdelivery tube ;V invertedsyrup jars having necks fitting into the'fun`V nels; av pipe extendinghorizontally along thefront Yof said verticalpartition between saidapertured .bottom and said horizontal shelf and, having distributingtubes;y containersin the ice-*chamber` of the cabinet having meansrforsupplying said horizontalV tube with carbonated liquid; a verticalslab'spaced fromV said vertical partitionY and extending between thehorizontal shelf and said apertured bottom` of said front chamber andspaced from said vertical par-- tition, and through which slab thedistribut-y ing tubes of said funnelg and saidY horizontal pipe pass;adispensing faucet for each jar or bottleV fitted to said distributingsyrup `and liquid tubes and disposed 'in the space in front of said slabbetween the front por!Y tionrof said apertured bottom and thecorresponding portion of said shelf; said cabinet having a transparentfront for-the bottle-receiving chamber thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

inmunes JOHNy DREwEs..

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